The Right Approach to Exceptions

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/19/12 9:50 AM, so wrote:
> On Sunday, 19 February 2012 at 00:50:07 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> On Saturday, February 18, 2012 16:46:43 H. S. Teoh wrote:
>>> I can't believe something this simple has to be explained so
>>> elaborately. I thought all of us here knew how to use OO??
>>
>> I think that the problem stems from people frequently using exceptions
>> incorrectly, and many of the C++ programmers probably haven't _ever_
>> seen them used correctly, since I don't think that it's very common
>> for C++ programs to define exception hierarchies - especially not
>> advanced ones like Java has. And when you see a lot of bad exception
>> code, that tends to turn you off to them, and it definitely doesn't
>> show you how to use them correctly.
>>
>> - Jonathan M Davis
>
> Problem is, "no one" using exception handling correctly including
> language experts. There is no consensus on where they are useful or not.
> Neither articles nor codes help you.

Quite so. That's why slapping with the book won't help - there's no 
book! :o)

Andrei